[SDCBC] Traffic culture, was Re: Using full lane, Fwd: MPEG of Radio Spot for LAB

[Jim Baross]

The Coalition has made some efforts along these lines; was it two or 
three years ago we had bill boards posted with the SRSRSR per CVC message?

With the limited resources and bike-focus of the SDCBC it's unlikely 
that a broad bikes belong message effort would be successful - find 
us a good PR firm?

But, if our message of traffic acceptance was coupled with general 
concerns and support for travel mode choice and traffic safety - 
"Stop the Killing!" "Safe Routes to School" "MADD" "Roads are for 
people too" stuff - and other interests got involved like Walk San 
Diego, parents, emergency room operators enraged by 40,000 deaths 
annually, police willing/desiring to return law and order to traffic, 
educators?, health professionals concerned with obesity, 
environmentalists about global warming/petro-pollution, etc. etc. 
.... we could spark a traffic culture change.

Jim (thinking outside the bike lane) Baross

At 06:33 AM 2/20/2008, Gene Carman wrote:

>And why can't we have such messages broadcast here in San 
>Diego?  Why don't we have "Cyclist may use full lane" signs in San 
>Diego?  Why don't billboards proclaim the following messages for all 
>to see and understand:
>
>
>"Cyclists should expect and demand safe accommodation on our public 
>roads, just as does every other user.
>Nothing more is expected. Nothing less is acceptable."
>        Jack R. Taylor
>
>"Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles."
>        John Forester
>
>"Same Roads Same Rules Same Rights"
>        SDCBC
>
>"Roads are for people, not just for people in cars."
>        Jim Baross
>
>
>
>All of these things would help lend understanding to motorists and 
>cyclists who may not understand either the rights of cyclists nor 
>how to share the road.
>
>This message will not get to the public by osmosis, and apparently 
>few people read the California Drivers' handbook all the way to page 
>40 (note, this information used to be on page 68...  perhaps we are 
>finally "moving up" in the world).
>
>
>
>At 10:27 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote:
>>On our current subject. This from San Francisco.
>>
>>>Reply-To: <echill at sfhills.org>
>>>From: "Bert Hill" <echill at sfhills.org>
>>>To:
>>>Subject: MPEG of Radio Spot for LAB
>>>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:40:30 -0800
>>>
>>>In the radio spot, "Perspectives" on KQED FM, the largest listener 
>>>audience for PBS in the county, Linda Atkins tells of her 
>>>experience in and following Road I, attached.
>>>Bert
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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